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elector¹
- /ɪˈlɛktə/ UK
- /ɪˈlɛktɚ/ US
- /iˈlɛktɚ/ US
- /əˈlɛktɚ/ US
- /əˈlɛktɔɹ/ US, uncommon
- /ɪˈlektə/ Australia
- /əˈlektə/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɛktə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English electour (“one with a right to vote in electing some office, elector”), borrowed from Late Latin ēlēctor (“chooser, selector; voter, elector”), from Latin ēligere (“to elect”) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns), equivalent to elect + -or. Ēligere is the present active infinitive of ēligō (“to extract, pluck or root out; (figurative) to choose, elect, pick out”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + legō (“to appoint, choose, select”) (from Proto-Italic *legō (“to gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)).
noun electors · electour
- A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter. Where the qualifications of the electors are the ſame, whether they have to chooſe a ſmall or a large number their votes will fall upon thoſe in whom they have the moſt confidence; whether thoſe happen to be men of large fortunes or of moderate property or of no property at all.
- A person eligible to vote to elect a Member of Parliament. I Think this Letter, which was ſent to me by my Electors, worth printing, becauſe as it has convinced me, it may convince others.
- A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows / Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may
- Alternative letter-case form of Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”). Whan the electours profered to make him [Ottokar II of Bohemia] emperour, he refuſed it, ſaiyng, that it was a greatter thynge to be kynge of Boheme, than emperour of Rome.
Elector²
noun Electors · elector
- A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector. In one of the conflicts, the [Holy Roman] emperor himſelf was put to flight, and very near being made priſoner by the elector of Saxony.
Translations
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noun person eligible to vote in an election
| Español | elector, votante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 선거인 seon'geoin |
| 日本語 | 選挙人 senkyonin |
| 中文 | 選舉人 /选举人 xuǎnjǔrén |
| हिन्दी | निर्वाचक nirvācak |
| Português | eleitor |
| Français | électeur m votard, votant |
| Deutsch | Urnengänger, Wahlberechtigter, Wähler |
| Italiano | elettore |
| Ελληνικά | ψηφοφόρος psifofóros |
| Română | alegător, alegătoare |
| Русский | избира́тель izbirátelʹ, избира́тельница izbirátelʹnica, вы́борщик výborščik, вы́борщица výborščica |
| Tiếng Việt | cử tri |
| العربية | نَاخِب nāḵib, نَاخِبَة nāḵiba |
| עברית | בּוֹחֵר bokher |
noun member of an electoral college; official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States
| Español | compromisario |
|---|---|
| Français | grand électeur |
| Deutsch | Elektor, Elektorin, Wahlmann, Wahlfrau |
| Ελληνικά | εκλέκτορας ekléktoras, εκλέκτορες ekléktores, εκλεκτόρισσα eklektórissa, εκλεκτόρισσες eklektórisses |
| Русский | вы́борщик výborščik, вы́борщица výborščica |
noun German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
| 한국어 | 선제후 seonjehu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 選帝侯 senteikō |
| 中文 | 選帝侯 /选帝侯 xuǎndìhóu |
| Português | príncipe-eleitor, príncipe eleitor |
| Français | prince-électeur |
| Deutsch | Kurfürst |
| Italiano | principe elettore |
| Ελληνικά | ελέκτορας eléktoras |
| Русский | курфю́рст kurfjúrst |
| Tiếng Việt | tuyển đế hầu |
Talk about this word "elector." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/elector. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. elector. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/elector "elector." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/elector.Cite this
@misc{elector_2026,
title = {elector},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elector},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
